happening right now to the yachts that have been seized. a maritime lawyer will join us in a moment with answers to those questions. the yachts might be the easiest assets to seize from russian billionaires because it is so difficult to hide a 500 foot boat. nothing quite expresses the russian billionaire s contempt for russia and russian culture more clearly than their yachts. none of their yatchs are registered in russia, most of them are registered in georgetown in the cayman islands. which is true of american owned super yachts also. and, none of the russian yachts have russian names, virtually none of them. there is lady m, alexei mordashov s yatch, that was seized in northern italy today. lady m is a typical boat name, but why not use the russian words for lady m. vladimir putin named one of his yachts graceful. for a guy who appears to hate people, whose native language isn t english, we can only wonder why he didn t use the russian word for graceful.
triggered the minute sanctions are handed down. so, it seems to be a game of cat and mouse unfortunately. reporter: that cat and mouse game may have already begun, even with russian billionaires who are not under sanctions. the galactica supernova left barcelona on saturday and crossed the mediterranean to montenegro. the ownership is often hidden behind complicated registries and shell companies, these yachts are a symbol of the cash and prestige oligarchs have built under putin, luxuries like antimissile defense systems, bomb-proof doors, and a minisubmarine, or a beauty salon and an elevator. one yacht out of reach of western authorities, the graceful. german media has speculated the owner is none other than vladimir putin himself. two weeks before the invasion of ukraine, the yacht left hamburg, germany, and sped to russia, where no location data has been reported since.
watching maritime traffic dot com, you could follow the progress of yachts that were owned or linked to russia s rich and powerful as they fled to friendlier waters like the yacht graceful, believed to be one of two yachts belonging to vladimir putin which made it safely to russian harbor on february 10th before anyone can impose sanctions and empowers on him. since the invasion, russian linked diaz also started to go dark. they basically turn off their monitors and disappeared off the map. you cannot see sweat you cannot see. and the same thing is happening with russian oil tankers. a company named windward maritime ai which provides shipping to a variety of customers realized an uptick of russia affiliated oil shipments where the ships trans fathers stopped broadcasting the locations.
yacht graceful, believed to be one of two yachts belonging to vladimir putin which made it safely to russian harbor on february 10th before anyone can impose sanctions and empowers on him. since the invasion, russian linked diaz also started to go dark. they basically turn off their monitors and disappeared off the map. you cannot see sweat you cannot see. and the same thing is happening with russian oil tankers. a company named windward maritime ai which provides shipping to a variety of customers realized an uptick of russia affiliated oil shipments where the ships trans fathers stopped broadcasting the locations. so-called dark activity among russian affiliated oil tankers is up by 600% compared with before the war began. that s according to windward a. there are good reasons for
russia s rich and powerful, as they fled to friendlier waters like the yacht graceful, believed to be one of at least two yachts belonging to vladimir putin, which made it safely to a russian harbor on february 10th, before anyone could impose sanctions and impound it. now, since the invasion, russian-linked yachts also started to go dark. they re basically turned off their transponders and literally disappeared off the map. you cannot seize what you cannot see. and now, the same thing is reportedly happening with russian oil tankers. a company called windward maritime ai, that provides intel on shipping to a variety of customers, noticed an uptick in the number of russia-affiliated oil shipments where the ship s transponders just stopped broadcasting their location. so-called dark activity among russian affiliated crude oil tankers is up by 600% compared with before the war began, according to windward ai.